Myoclonus, familial

MONDO:0013981

A rare, genetic movement disorder characterized by autosomal dominant, adult-onset, slowly progressive, multifocal, cortical myoclonus. Patients present somatosensory-evoked, brief, jerky, involuntary movements in the face, arms and legs, associated in most of cases with sustained, multiple, sudden falls without loss of consciousness. Seizures or other neurological deficits, aside from mild cerebellar ataxia late in the course of the illness, are absent.

Also known as: familial cortical myoclonus, familial myoclonus, myoclonus, familial cortical, FCM

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Sub-types

Myoclonus, familial, 1 (0) Myoclonus, familial, 2 (0)

Broader categories

Disease (618) Nervous system disorder (217) Hereditary disease (172) Movement disorder (89) Human disease (14) Hereditary neurological disease (5) Disease of genetic or genomic mechanism (2) Disease by body system or component (0) Disease by etiologic mechanism (0)

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Myoclonus, familial

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